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{{#invoke:Message box|mbox}} The {{template category}} template should be placed at the top of categories that contain only template pages and their related subcategories.
Usage
Full syntax
{{template category |type = |topic = |description = |help = |container = }}
Parameters
The following optional parameters may be used:
- topic
- Adds the default description "Templates relating to topic." — where topic is usually a wikilink to the main article associated with the category (e.g. United States for the Category:United States templates). See Example 1, and Example 2 below.
- description
- Use this if a customised description is needed, instead of (or, if topic also used, to follow) the default description above. See Example 2, Example 3, and Example 4 below.
- type
- Adds a note as to which type of template the category (but not necessarily its subcategories) is meant to contain. See Example 1, Example 2, and Example 4 below. Currently, setting type to one of eleven values produces a preset note. The values are:
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- If type is set to something other than one of these values, the default message: "The pages listed in this category are templates." appears.
- help
- Use this to provide customised instructions rather than the default explanation as to how to add a template to the category.
- container
- Use this for container categories by adding
|container=yes
to the template. The message: "Do not add templates to this category: instead, use the appropriate sub-category." will appear. See Example 3 below.
Examples
Example 1
{{template category |type = navbox |topic = the [[United States]] }}
{{#invoke:Message box|cmbox}}
Example 2
{{template category |type = navbox |topic = [[China]] |description = <br /><small>For templates relating specifically to the [[People's Republic of China|People's Republic of China (PRC)]] or the current [[Republic of China|Republic of China (ROC, "Taiwan")]], see, respectively, {{c|People's Republic of China templates}} and {{c|Republic of China (Taiwan) templates}}.</small> }}
{{#invoke:Message box|cmbox}}
Example 3
{{template category |description = Here's a ''description'' without a preceding ''topic'' statement. |container = yes }}
{{#invoke:Message box|cmbox}}
Example 4
{{template category |type = external link |description = '''Templates aiding the creation and formatting of external links to [[topic]] databases.''' }}
{{#invoke:Message box|cmbox}}
See also
Other category header templates
Namespaces
- Main
- {{Set category}}
- {{Stub category}}
- {{Parent-only stub category}}
- {{Regional stub category}}
- File
- {{File template notice}}
- {{Media template notice}}
- Help
- {{Help category}}
- Portal
- {{Portal category}}
- Template
- {{Template category}}
- User
- {{User category}}
- {{Sockpuppet category}}
Maintenance
- All
- {{All included}}
- {{Category diffuse}}
- {{Container category}}
- {{Distinguished subcategory}}
- {{Empty category}}
- {{Redirect category}}
- {{Very large}}
- {{Wikipedia category}}